MEDIUM
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service (UMPNPMGR.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and XP SP1 and SP2, allows remote or local authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of "\" (backslash) characters in a registry key name, which triggers the overflow in a wsprintfW function call
Published Oct 13, 2005
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 61.97%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service (UMPNPMGR.DLL) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and XP SP1 and SP2, allows remote or local authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of "\" (backslash) characters in a registry key name, which triggers the overflow in a wsprintfW function call.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- n/a
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
61.97% 0.61971
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.61971
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 61.97% (0.61971) | 99.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 61.97% (0.61971) | 99.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 63.06% (0.63062) | 99.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 61.97% (0.61971) | 99.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 75.72% (0.75725) | 98.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 73.41% (0.73409) | 98.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 76.20% (0.76202) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 73.41% (0.73409) | 98.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 75.40% (0.75397) | 98.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 73.41% (0.73409) | 98.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 72.12% (0.72119) | 98.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 70.84% (0.70845) | 98.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 13.15% (0.13150) | 95.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.68% (0.02683) | 90.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 3.04% (0.03043) | 90.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 3.18% (0.03180) | 89.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2023 | 4.41% (0.04410) | 91.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 2.64% (0.02638) | 88.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.79% (0.02792) | 89.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 23.14% (0.23145) | 96.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 23.14% (0.23145) | 96.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.14% (0.23145) | 94.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17166 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17223 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/71 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015042 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011c.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214572 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/18830 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15065 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-047 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1244 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1328 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1519 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Oct 13, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 2, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2120
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a